A railway company operating in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley is considering reviving the line that extends to Port Alberni if the Raven coal mine is approved by provincial regulators.

Train service has not been provided to the Alberni Valley since 2001, but this could change if the Raven Underground Coal Project gets the green light from the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office. Continue reading →

The world’s “Greenest City” is home to some very dirty business. Mining Justice Alliance out on a “Toxic Tour” of Vancouver’s mining headquarters and public action coinciding with the BC Mining Week Gala. Featuring creative performances, testimonies and presentations from Tibetan, Filipino, Mayan, Latin@, and local Indigenous communities , video footage from affected areas and action-packed surprises.

BC Black Out : Among the stops along the tour, it also stopped outside Compliance Energy Corporation Headquarters located at 800 West Pender Street. Vancouver is home to over 1200 mining companies! For more information on the companies, local and international struggles see

For the Love of Life, Land, and Liberation!

This Saturday April 20th, a group of rebels opposing the Raven Coal Mine took to the streets of Courtenay BC handing out leaflets and striking up conversations with passerby’s.

Cookies and Coffee make a rainy day

Contrary to massive public opposition, this community is sitting out an environmental application process that may very well usurp community ability to determine their own future. As inhabitants of this beautiful area have been standing up for years to this project, the Raven Coal Info Booth group is sprouting up in various locations throughout the valley this summer encouraging people to forge ahead and take action in this struggle: No Compliance, No Coal, No Compromise!

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UPDATE!!

Application/EIS received by EAO April 4, 2013

The Raven Coal Mine Project Application/EIS document has now been received ( April 4, 2013) by the CEAA/BCEAO and the 30-day screening period has commenced. The CEAA and BCEAO along with the Working Group will now review the document to determine if it’s complete. Since the 30-day period deadline falls on a day that is not a regular business day, the deadline day for screening is May 6, 2013.

After this initial screening process is completed and if the Application/EIS is accepted it will be posted on the BCEAO website at:www.eao.gov.bc.ca and the formal 180-day Application Review Stage will commence.

The 50-day public comment period will most likely commence early on in the 180 day Application Review Stage and will be preceded by a 7-day public notice in local newspapers and the media. We don’t encourage waiting for this time to make your opinions known. Organize now!

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Last night Bank Of Montreal (BMO) had all their windows smashed. This branch was located on 2515 East Hastings Vancouver in so-called British Columbia. BMO was targeted not only because it is a symbol of capitalism but because it banks with Compliance Energy Corporation. They are in the coal industry. They are in the business of destroying the land, the water and the wildlife. After all they are capitalist assholes that don’t care about you or me.